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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Welcome to Elisabeth Naughton's UNCHAINED: Review & Excerpt Tour

Elisabeth Naughton’s UNCHAINED is a Fantasy/Paranormal Romance novella in Elisabeth’s bestselling Eternal Guardians Series that you will not want to miss. UNCHAINED is a standalone novella, brought to you by the amazing team at 1001 Dark Nights. Be sure you grab your copy of this novella today!

ABOUT UNCHAINED:

PROMETHEUS – One of the keenest Titans to ever walk the earth. Until, that is, his weakness for the human race resulted in his imprisonment.

For thousands of years, Prometheus’s only certainty was his daily torture at Zeus’s hand. Now, unchained by the Eternal Guardians, he spends his days in solitude, trying to forget the past. He’s vowed no allegiance in the war between mortal and immortal, but when a beautiful maiden seeks him out and begs for his help, he’s once again powerless to say no.

Soon, Prometheus is drawn into the very conflict he swore to avoid, and, to save the maiden’s life, he must choose sides. But she has a secret of her own, and if Prometheus doesn’t discover what she’s hiding in time, the world won’t simply find itself embroiled in a battle between good and evil, it will fall in total domination to Prometheus’s greatest enemy.

Excerpt:

“Who are you? And how did you get here?”

This was where she needed to be
careful. Circe slowly pushed to her feet and brushed the thick curls over her
shoulder. If he suspected too much, all her efforts would be for naught. She
had to play this cool, had to stick to the plan, had to wait for just the right
moment to strike.

“My name is Keia.” Not entirely a
lie, she figured. For thousands of years, humans had called her a goddess
pharmakeia, which was just a fancy nickname for witch or sorceress. She was simply
borrowing from that label. “But I am not here. I am only an apparition.”

“I don’t believe you.” Prometheus
stalked forward. He reached out to grab her but his wide palm and long fingers
passed through nothing but air.

His hazel eyes widened as he looked
from his hand back to her. “What the hell?”

He was only a few inches taller
than her nearly seven feet, but he was bigger everywhere. A wall of solid steel
that stood between her and eternity. Power radiated from his broad shoulders
and chiseled muscles. A power that made her heart beat faster and her blood
warm in a way it hadn’t done in ages.

His dark hair was cut short, his
jaw strong and square and covered by three days worth of stubble that made him look
both dangerous and sexy. He was thousands of years old—like her—but he didn’t
look a day over thirty. And when his eyes narrowed and his luscious lips
thinned, she had an overwhelming urge to dive into his mouth to find out if he
tasted as good as he looked.

“How did you find me?” he said.
“What do you want with me?”

Circe blinked, his voice pulling
her back to the moment. She’d not been sexually attracted to anyone in so long,
she’d forgotten what that rush of excitement felt like. Then again, she’d not
had the chance to be attracted to anyone. Zeus kept her locked up tight and had
for way too long.

Focus.
Sexy as hell you can use to your advantage.

She lifted a foot-long length of
heavy chain. “Look familiar?”

His face paled as he looked at
the chain Zeus had used to bind him to that rock. The rock where he’d been
tortured daily by a giant eagle that had torn into his side and consumed his
liver day after day. “Where did you get that?”

“Find
me and I’ll tell you.”

My Review:

This story is about Prometheus and Circe. These two leads had good chemistry, I loved how Prometheus had been haunted by a seductive voice and dreamt about her often. Made it all that more heated when he finally found her! Zeus.. whoa.. His tortures, I thought were inventive, and a bit gruesome.
As always I enjoyed Naughton's writing. Even though I do wish this book was longer, there was still time enough for some passion, action and sweet, sweet revenge. I also enjoyed seeing snippets of the Argonauts.
The Eternal Guardians series is one of my favourites! If you haven't read it yet.. you should! Even though this book is #8.5, it could also be read as a stand alone.
*I was given an arc in exchange for an honest review*

ABOUT ELISABETH NAUGHTON:Elisabeth Naughton is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. From Elisabeth: “I was never one of those people who knew they wanted to be an author at the age of six. I didn’t have imaginary friends. I didn’t write stories in my journal or entertain my relatives by firelight after Thanksgiving dinner. For the most part, I was just a normal, everyday kid. I liked to read, but I wasn’t exceptional at it. And when my teachers complimented me on my writing abilities, I brushed them off. I did, however, always have a penchant for the unique and absurd. And as my mother told me all throughout my childhood, I should have been an actress—I was a drama queen before my time.Visit Elisabeth Naughton’s website.